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The Maroon "For a Greater Loyola ESTABLISHED 1923 V0L.76 NO. 15 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1998 Sexual attack alleged by freshman NOPD looks into incident said to have occurred at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house By ROSE FRENCH Copy Editor New Orleans Police Department investigators are looking into a complaint filed by a freshman Loyola woman involved in an alleged sexual attack by a Loyola man Saturday night. Because of an ongoing investigation into the matter, no arrests have been made in connection to the complaint, which was filed through the NOPD sex crimes division Monday. George Seibert, NOPD detective, said the incident reportedly took place at the corner of Broadway and Freret Street but would give no other details about the case. Because of the sexual nature of the alleged incident, he said he could not make any comment or release any of the names involved. According to accounts from people who were at Waldo's bar Saturday night, the woman went across Broadway to the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity house where the incident allegedly took place. Matthew Kwasiborski, history senior and Sigma Phi Epsilon president, said he could not comment on the incident because of legal reasons. Witnesses say the woman had been drinking before she left for the Sig Ep house. At about 2 a.m., witnesses say the woman came running back to the bar with her nose bleeding. They say she was visibly distraught and disoriented and said she could not remember her alleged attacker's appearance or his facial features but recalled his name. Soon after the woman returned to the bar, witnesses say the alleged attacker walked in wearing a cowboy hat and a T-shirt with the sleeves cut off. A scuffle between a freshman at the bar and the man she named soon erupted but no one was injured, witnesses said. One of the woman's friends reportedly took her to Charity Hospital that night for treatment. Broadway plans meet opposition By MICHAEL GIUSTI News Editor Sally Robbins, sociolgy junior, and Steve Rucker, associate visual arts professor, display the techniques involved in wheel-thrown ceramics. The class is part of the visual arts curriculum and explores clay design. Staff photo by LARA RUTSKIN Charles Beverly lives in a discreet house next to the Broadway campus off Dominican Street. From his back window, he has a prime view of Loyola's Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice. But if Loyola's plans for the expansion of the Broadway campus are successful, his view will change a little. The Law School will completely block his window view. Beverly is a member of the Uptown Triangle neighborhood organization and one of the many residents who have a problem with the expansion of this part of Loyola's campus. "My house will be the one most directly affected by the renovations. According to the plans, my house will be four feet from the side of the Law School," he said. Uptown Triangle President Bruce Richards said the organization has not taken an official Students may be restricted from West Road Garage By ELIZABETH STUART Editorial Editor Resident students may soon be denied access to the first four floors of the West Road Garage. Vincent Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, and the University Parking Committee are considering the pros and cons of continuing to let residents park on the lower floors of the West Road Garage. In a memorandum to the UPC, Knipfing requested advice on "whether we should restrict all resident students to the Freret Street Garage or at least restrict them to either the fourth or fifth floor in the West Road Garage." Knipfing said in his memo that it is important that students be allowed in the West Road Garage "because it is not monitored by the card access system, thereby making it possible for a resident student to loan his/her car to another student without having to violate policy and loan these students their Express Card (to exit or enter the Freret Street Garage)." Knipfing could not be reached for comment. However, the memo said this reason doesn't justify the large number of resident students' cars parked in the West Road Garage, which make it difficult for commuters, faculty and staff to find spaces there. "Recently some faculty have expressed a concern that it is generally not possible to secure a parking place in the West Road Garage after 10 a.m.," Knipfing said in the memo. Jake Bauman, international business senior and member of the UPC, reported this news to SGA Tuesday. "I would oppose any change in the current policy, which is totally unrestricted access to resident and commuter people in both garages," Bauman said. SGA passes operating budget The Student Government Association will allocate 56,900 less to student organizations this semester than it did last semester. Huy Vu, international business senior and SGA vice president, said that because student organizations did not spend all the money they got in the fall, SGA decided to cut the amount it allocates and increase the amount it gives to programs such as the Riverboat Cruise and the Father Carter Lecture Series. SGA members unanimously Increase in student fee for Provide-A-Ride up for vote in SGA elections By LARRY GRAHAM Staff writer Loyola students will face a referendum in March to decide whether to increase the Student Government Association fee by $5. The increase would help pay for the Provide-A-Ride program approved by SGA. According to Kevin Casey, SGA president and biology/pre-med senior, the service would help reduce the effects of Uptown crime on Loyola students by providing a shuttle service to Uptown hotspots. Loyola students living on campus on in the Uptown area would be able to get a ride home from Uptown bars. Proponents of the service hope it will help reduce crime inflicted on Loyola It will be a continual work in progress. If we have a huge student request saying 'We do want transportation extended to Louisiana or Jackson (avenues),' we will need to reconsider. — Kevin Casey students returning home late at night by providing an alternative to walking home or compromising themselves by riding home with someone who isn't sober. This new service will cost an estimated $4,576 per semester and would come from the increased fee. The additional money would go to paying drivers $5.15 an hour. "Right now it's scheduled to go through student government; then it'll be a referendum, which has all student voting, among those who choose to vote. Then it goes to the Board of Trustees, pending the approval of the student body," Casey said. In a 500-student survey conducted in See EXPANSION. PK. 3 See SGA. Pg. 4 Sec RIDE, Pg. 3 S, Law library moves ■ into computer age. g Page 4 NO MAROON The Maroon wX not appear next week. We wM resume publication on fob. 13. ghghghg A ~1 UFE & TIMES Londoners look for sales at Harrods. Pa8e

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The Maroon "For a Greater Loyola ESTABLISHED 1923 V0L.76 NO. 15 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1998 Sexual attack alleged by freshman NOPD looks into incident said to have occurred at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house By ROSE FRENCH Copy Editor New Orleans Police Department investigators are looking into a complaint filed by a freshman Loyola woman involved in an alleged sexual attack by a Loyola man Saturday night. Because of an ongoing investigation into the matter, no arrests have been made in connection to the complaint, which was filed through the NOPD sex crimes division Monday. George Seibert, NOPD detective, said the incident reportedly took place at the corner of Broadway and Freret Street but would give no other details about the case. Because of the sexual nature of the alleged incident, he said he could not make any comment or release any of the names involved. According to accounts from people who were at Waldo's bar Saturday night, the woman went across Broadway to the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity house where the incident allegedly took place. Matthew Kwasiborski, history senior and Sigma Phi Epsilon president, said he could not comment on the incident because of legal reasons. Witnesses say the woman had been drinking before she left for the Sig Ep house. At about 2 a.m., witnesses say the woman came running back to the bar with her nose bleeding. They say she was visibly distraught and disoriented and said she could not remember her alleged attacker's appearance or his facial features but recalled his name. Soon after the woman returned to the bar, witnesses say the alleged attacker walked in wearing a cowboy hat and a T-shirt with the sleeves cut off. A scuffle between a freshman at the bar and the man she named soon erupted but no one was injured, witnesses said. One of the woman's friends reportedly took her to Charity Hospital that night for treatment. Broadway plans meet opposition By MICHAEL GIUSTI News Editor Sally Robbins, sociolgy junior, and Steve Rucker, associate visual arts professor, display the techniques involved in wheel-thrown ceramics. The class is part of the visual arts curriculum and explores clay design. Staff photo by LARA RUTSKIN Charles Beverly lives in a discreet house next to the Broadway campus off Dominican Street. From his back window, he has a prime view of Loyola's Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice. But if Loyola's plans for the expansion of the Broadway campus are successful, his view will change a little. The Law School will completely block his window view. Beverly is a member of the Uptown Triangle neighborhood organization and one of the many residents who have a problem with the expansion of this part of Loyola's campus. "My house will be the one most directly affected by the renovations. According to the plans, my house will be four feet from the side of the Law School," he said. Uptown Triangle President Bruce Richards said the organization has not taken an official Students may be restricted from West Road Garage By ELIZABETH STUART Editorial Editor Resident students may soon be denied access to the first four floors of the West Road Garage. Vincent Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, and the University Parking Committee are considering the pros and cons of continuing to let residents park on the lower floors of the West Road Garage. In a memorandum to the UPC, Knipfing requested advice on "whether we should restrict all resident students to the Freret Street Garage or at least restrict them to either the fourth or fifth floor in the West Road Garage." Knipfing said in his memo that it is important that students be allowed in the West Road Garage "because it is not monitored by the card access system, thereby making it possible for a resident student to loan his/her car to another student without having to violate policy and loan these students their Express Card (to exit or enter the Freret Street Garage)." Knipfing could not be reached for comment. However, the memo said this reason doesn't justify the large number of resident students' cars parked in the West Road Garage, which make it difficult for commuters, faculty and staff to find spaces there. "Recently some faculty have expressed a concern that it is generally not possible to secure a parking place in the West Road Garage after 10 a.m.," Knipfing said in the memo. Jake Bauman, international business senior and member of the UPC, reported this news to SGA Tuesday. "I would oppose any change in the current policy, which is totally unrestricted access to resident and commuter people in both garages," Bauman said. SGA passes operating budget The Student Government Association will allocate 56,900 less to student organizations this semester than it did last semester. Huy Vu, international business senior and SGA vice president, said that because student organizations did not spend all the money they got in the fall, SGA decided to cut the amount it allocates and increase the amount it gives to programs such as the Riverboat Cruise and the Father Carter Lecture Series. SGA members unanimously Increase in student fee for Provide-A-Ride up for vote in SGA elections By LARRY GRAHAM Staff writer Loyola students will face a referendum in March to decide whether to increase the Student Government Association fee by $5. The increase would help pay for the Provide-A-Ride program approved by SGA. According to Kevin Casey, SGA president and biology/pre-med senior, the service would help reduce the effects of Uptown crime on Loyola students by providing a shuttle service to Uptown hotspots. Loyola students living on campus on in the Uptown area would be able to get a ride home from Uptown bars. Proponents of the service hope it will help reduce crime inflicted on Loyola It will be a continual work in progress. If we have a huge student request saying 'We do want transportation extended to Louisiana or Jackson (avenues),' we will need to reconsider. — Kevin Casey students returning home late at night by providing an alternative to walking home or compromising themselves by riding home with someone who isn't sober. This new service will cost an estimated $4,576 per semester and would come from the increased fee. The additional money would go to paying drivers $5.15 an hour. "Right now it's scheduled to go through student government; then it'll be a referendum, which has all student voting, among those who choose to vote. Then it goes to the Board of Trustees, pending the approval of the student body," Casey said. In a 500-student survey conducted in See EXPANSION. PK. 3 See SGA. Pg. 4 Sec RIDE, Pg. 3 S, Law library moves ■ into computer age. g Page 4 NO MAROON The Maroon wX not appear next week. We wM resume publication on fob. 13. ghghghg A ~1 UFE & TIMES Londoners look for sales at Harrods. Pa8e